Apron



Nov. s, 1928. 7' 1,690,138

v. R. sLADEK APRON Filed May 16, 1927 Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

UNITED-STATES P NT FIC VICTOR B. SLAIDEK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

APBON.

T Application filed ma '16,

My invention relates to a'protective apron more especially intended for, use bypower station workers or electrical workerswhose dutiesinvolve the manipulation of electric switches and fuses where the frequent emisv sion of electric sparksand flashes are encountered and the worker subjected to the danger of burns resulting from the ignition of his clothes. Q

y invention has for its objectthe provision of a garment of sutficiently pliable material and of heat resisting quality and at out, in elevation, with the sleeve and shoulder portions broken away; the fig Show; ing the inside. a r

ing the method of securing one of the fas tening straps, or thongs. f v

Figure 5 is a. fragmentary View illustratingthe method of forming the seams in the main portion of the garment.

"Figure dis a detail sectional view taken for example on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.

My lmproved garment is preferably in the nature of an apron which may be easily and quicklydonned by those for whom it is intended, as for example by power station workers and electrical workers whose duties involve theirpresence near switch-boards, the manipulation or pulling out of switches or fuses where frequent sparkingand flashing is encountered. The garment mustbe of such nature that it will notonly permit free, unhampered movement of the wearer, but also beeasily applied and moved to meet requirements.

Itherefore prefer to make the garment in apron form out of suitable heat 'or spark resisting pliable materialjor cloth, suchfas soft leather, asbestoscloth, or the like, cut to more or less standard length to form the main front portion 10, intended to extend from the weird the wearer to a point prefquickly re v I in addition to the usual thread stitching 1927. 7 Serial No. 191,614.

erably slightly beneath the knees as illustrated, thereby covering the part of the body which normally would be exposed to This main front body flashes or sparks. portion 10 consists preferably of a slngle.

piece of widthto hilly cover-tile chest andfront of the wearers body. For economy, this body portion is shown preferably formed out of one piece cut into "substan tially rectangular form of equal width throughout. except at the upper end Where i I show it slightly tapered toward the -neck band 11; the tapered portions extending from the cut-out sleeve receiving portions, having the shoulder and back panels 12, 12,

whose upper ends, like the upper end of the 7 body portion 10, are cut in proper :arcuate manner to receive the neck-band 11.

In order to cover the hips and sides of. legs, I provide the side panels 13, 13 andl-i, 14, on each side; the panels 14 being prefer-i ably slightly flared toward the bottom to provide freedom in the movement of the legs of the wearer.

The shoulder portions 12, 12 and the upper ends ofthe'panels 13, '13 are cut-out in proper manner so as to provide, in con- 7 j g 1; -junction with the cut-out portions of the Figure 4 isa fragmentaiyvlew illustratmain body portion 10,proper armholes to receive thesleeves15, 15. The'shoulder portions .12, 12, for economy sake, are shown tapering toward the bottom as indicated at 16, as it is not essential to completely cover the back of the wearer; the upper ends of these shoulder portions 12, 12 being stitched at 1-7 to the upper end of the bodyportion- 10, while the lower tapered ends are stitched marginsof the body portion 10; and the re spective seams 17, 18, 19 and 20, as Well as the stitching whereby the sleeves 15 arose cured in place, are all of theinside seam type .as more clearly shown in Figure 6.

As these aprons must be made of comparatively heavy material, such as soft leather and the like, it is necessary to employ means,

shown at 22,to preventripping or tearing of the seams. I show this means in the nature of wire staples shown at 23 arranged at made by the lapping of the adjacent edges of the various portions so as to extend toward the inner side of the garment as shown in Figure (l; stitching or sewing the parts together as shown at 22 and then applying the wire stitching or staples shown at 23; thus providing inside seams which are not exposed to the electric sparks, as the thread employed for the stitching would readily burn it the seams were exposed. Furthermore, itis essential that the wire stitching or staples 23 be entirety con'ealed where they cannot conduct the electric spark that may strike or be emitted in proxim ty to the places where the various pieces unistituting the garment are secured together, to the clothing or body of the wearer.

The sleeves 15, 15 are preferably each made of a single piece of material. with the seam 19 thereof arranged at the rear side of the arm; the seams being made and arranged as previously described and as shown in detail in Figure 6.

The neck band 11 preferably also of a single piece of the same material as the body portion and adapted to stand up vertically about the neck of the wearer as shown: and in order to provide a snug fitting condition, the shoulder portions 1Q, 12, adjacent to the point of attachment of the neck hand 11 thereto, are each provided with a thong or strap EA otsott leather or the same heat resistin; material as the bod; portion: these thongs or straps 2t being preferably wired, SLitCllOtl or stapled to the garment as shtn'cn at 25 in Figure 2. The thongs or straps 2-1: are each of such length that they may pass about the opposite side of the neck and en able the same to be tied at the "front of the garment as shown at 26 in Figure l; and in order to snugly hold the upper end of the apron about the neck to prevent possibility of sparks entering: atthe neck, I prefer to provide a pair of loops 2?, 27 of heat resisting, material on the front of the apron, see Figure 1. The thongs or straps neck-band portion,

2!, it after being passed about the opposite sides of the neck are each slipped through one of the loops 27 before the ends are tied at 26, see Figure l.

'lhe apron, at the waist-line, is provided with thongs or straps "28, 2S, n'eterably ot the same material as the apron and wire stitched or stapled thereto: the thongs 28 being of sutlicient length to permit proper tying: at the rear of the wearer so as to hold the apron in place and yet permit free movement of the wearer.

it is apparent from the constrlu-tion shown and described that an apron is provided, the front whereot presents an uninterrupted surface and there tore greatly reduees the possibility oi any sparks hecmning lodged or held in contact with the garment, as all seams and securing means are so arranged as to present no obstruction or sparkholding, surface.

I? or purposes of economy in the cutting of material, 1 hare shown the skirt portion of the apron formed by the use of panels l3), 14, but it is apparent that the skirt portion may be dillerently prtn'ided; and while I believe the apron as shown to he the best embodiment of the invention, modifications in cer tain details may be made without, however, departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:

An eicctric workers apron comprising sheet of pliable heat resisting material constituting the body portion adaptiul to extend from the wearers. neck to below the waist with an outer smooth uninterrupted surface, sleeves of similar l'i'iatcrial, an upstanding! thongs secured to the the body portion adapted around the wearers neck, loops, secured to the upper end of the body portion, through which the thongs are adapted to pass, and thongs setaured to body portions adjacent to the wearers waist-lim-..

VICTOR It. SLA D'EK upper portion of to pass oppositely 

